Started: 9/26/20
Finished: 10/2/20
Year: 2020
Pages: 330
Type: ARC Trade Paperback
Genre: cozy mystery
Grade: B
Reason for reading: review for Myshelf.com
Blurb (from back cover): "To the tourists and summer residents, Kentwater County is a picturesque community of small-town charm, fruitful farmland, and gorgeous freshwater beaches. To middle-aged widow Isabel Puddles, it's where she enjoys breakfast every morning at a local cafe with her childhood best friend and spends her evening cozying up with a good book and her devoted Jack Terrier, Jackpot. In between, Isabel makes ends meet through a variety of trades-preserving pickles, baking pies, working the counter at her cousin's hardware shop, and occasionally helping 'fix-up' the hair of corpses at the local funeral parlor.
"When Isabel discovers a two-inch nail embedded in the skull of Earl Jonasson, it seens the octogenarian may not have died of a stroke. His son is quickly arrested when his alibi doesn't check out. But Isabel has known Earl, Jr since they were kids and can't believe he'd murder his father, regardless of his financial difficulties. As gossip about Earl, Sr's land, and insurance policy money starts to spread around the county, Isabel finds herself conducting her own investigation to clear her friend's name. But real detective work isn't like what she sees on TV, and she's meeting dangerous suspects who don't like Isabel poking around in their business...."
Opinion: You certainly meet Isabel Puddles in this book and at first I was wondering if it was too much detail. Because this is the first of a new series, it probably isn't too much and it will be interesting to see if the following books contain as much detail. For more complete review, please visit Myshelf.com in the upcoming months.
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